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The Moon on Saturday, November 12, 1983: First Quarter, 49% lit

Waxing · 48.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

First Quarter at

15:49UTC

Moon phase on November 12, 1983First Quarter

Saturday 12 November 1983404,067 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, November 12, 1983, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.6% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
404,067 km251,076 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (18°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to November 12, 1983 is on Sunday, November 20, 1983 at 12:29 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 4, 1983 at 22:21 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, November 4, 198322:21
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, November 12, 198315:49
Full Moon (after)Sunday, November 20, 198312:29

The Moon around November 12

More about this date

Saturday, November 12, 1983 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 4, 1983 to the new moon of December 4, 1983, a cycle of 29.59 days.